Friday, September 23, 2011

Open Browser in Java windows or Linux

package org.best.example;
 
public class StartBrowser {
 
  public static void main(String args[])
  {
 String url = "http://www.google.com";
 String os = System.getProperty("os.name").toLowerCase();
        Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
 
 try{
 
  if (os.indexOf( "win" ) >= 0)
{
// this doesn't support showing urls in the form of "page.html#nameLink" 
     rt.exec( "rundll32 url.dll,FileProtocolHandler " + url);
 
 } 
 else if (os.indexOf( "mac" ) >= 0) 
{
 
    rt.exec( "open " + url);
}
else if (os.indexOf( "nix") >=0 || os.indexOf( "nux") >=0) 
{
   // Do a best guess on unix until we get a platform independent way
   // Build a list of browsers to try, in this order.
   String[] browsers = {"epiphany", "firefox", "mozilla", "konqueror",
          "netscape","opera","links","lynx"};
 // Build a command string 
//which looks like "browser1 "url" || browser2 "url" ||..." 
StringBuffer cmd = new StringBuffer();
for (int i=0; i<browsers.length; i++)
  cmd.append( (i==0  ? "" : " || " ) + browsers[i] +" \"" + url + "\" ");
   rt.exec(new String[] { "sh", "-c", cmd.toString() });
}
else {
             return;
     }
       }catch (Exception e){
     return;
       }
      return;  
 
}

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